TRAZODONE HCL Reviews (TRAZODONE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.8 (229 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TRAZODONE HCL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TRAZODONE HCL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | insomnia due to abdominal pain | Throbbing in head, some drowsiness, but no sleep | Yet another weird antidepressant pushed on me by dr. reluctant to prescribe a benzo. My first experience was in ER. I was in a holding room in a the ER walk-in area & it was COLD. The night nurse gave me Trazodone; it only made my head throb (tho not ache); the nurse said it might help my IBS pain too...well it didn't & I still cldnt sleep until she broke down & gave me Ativan (yay!)I will say this for trazodone: at least it didn't drive me nuts like paxil or zomb me out like remeron; it was merely ineffective. | M | 60 | 1 days ? 1X day | 4/10/2012 | 2 | Insomnia from steriod enjections | Blocked nose, shortness of breathe and severe reflux with nausea. | Do not use if you have RLS. This medicine will (may) exasperate your RLS beyond belief. Everyone reacts differently to medicine, but this pill drove up the wall all night. | M | 43 | 1 days 50 MG 1X day | 2/12/2015 | 2 | insomia, anxiety, manic depression | Heightened insomnia, slight headache | Well... I took one 50mg tablet at around 6pm hoping to fall asleep shortly. Never happened. Around 10pm I took another 50mg tablet. I was absolutely restless in bed tossing and turning. Temperature was screwed up, kept feeling hotter than usual. Was able to fall asleep for a few hours maybe 3 or 4 until I woke up at 4am. After not being able to fall asleep again I decided I needed to upload my experience. Although this is the first night ive tried it, I hope it works tomorrow. | M | 19 | 1 days 50mg | 5/15/2015 | 1 | Insomnia | I woke up the next morning. I had blood by face and in the floor. Apparently, i got up fell to the floor face first. I split my lip, and now i have stitches... The worst part is.... I don't remember!! I' m afraid to fall asleep at all now! I took only 1 pill. This is my experience. Not to discourage anyone else from trying it.. I just won't. | M | 1 days 100 | 6/16/2015 | 1 | insomnia | Restlessness, terror, anxiety | My experience taking this medication was so awful I have been unable to bring myself to try another medication and it's been over a year. This made me tired. I have never been so exhausted. It made my brain sleepy but gave my body a mind of its own. I could fall asleep for a few minutes then would awaken with the over whelming need to shake my arms. I spent 10hrs sitting in my backyard crying and a good amount of that time; trying to punch my own arms until they fell asleep. I wouldn't wish the experience on my enemies. | F | 25 | 1 days 50MG | 6/22/2015 | 1 | insomnia | My heart felt like it was beating out of my chest, and I had a hard time breathing. I still feel like I'm in a fog and my eyes are blurry, I'm having a hard time focusing. | F | 57 | 1 days 100 1X day | 3/26/2015 | 1 | Insomnia | Severe migraine | I was completely bed ridden the next day by a migraine not something I suffer from,not sure if it was due to taking this but will try again in another day | F | 36 | 1 days 150 1X day | 4/3/2015 | 1 | insomnia | last;night i took one, heart like pounding out of my;chest,not to mention dry mouth, also it did not help me sleep at all! | i am not sure why so many are successful with it, | M | 43 | 1 days 50mg | 4/29/2015 | 1 | chronic insomnia | groggy, low in energy and tired. Shortness of breath, breathing through my mouth. Somewhat flu like symptoms, headache it's hard to bear the weight of my head on my body, dry mouth with chocking sensation and blocked nostrils so I'm breathing through my mouth. Very heavy chest with pounding heart. literally I'm hearing my heart beat from last 26 hours. Oh and I forgot to mention pounding and clog ears. Back pain, neck pain and some visual hallucinations. | I was happily taking Ativan 0.5 mgs from last two years but I asked my doc to give me something else with "least possible side effects". I asked because I was having absolute dependency and immunity to Ativan, so my doctor Rx trazodone stating that it's "ONLY" going make me groggy for a few days, and that's it, but last night around 9:30 p.m, and it knocked me out in about 20 minutes. It's good because I don't want insomnia, but it gave me hangover feelings. I had a very restless night because I woke up several times with thoughts of fear and confusion. My chest was very heavy and I had such a hard time breathing. It's been about 26 hours since I took it but my chest is still very heavy and I am short in breath and continuously breathing through my mouth. I hardly made it through the day because I was so low in energy and had a foggy mind. Yes my happy bubble has burst and I can't wait to get rid of these side effects.I am not going to take this drug anymore and I won't recommend it to anyone. Also, I forgot to mention my daughter took this drug a few years ago and she quit it within a week. | F | 50 | 1 days 25 mgs 1X day | 7/21/2015 | 1 | To replace Zopidem | within 10 minutes my nasal passage closed up, could not breathe through my nose and extreme dry mouth. | I will NEVER take this again, it did not help me sleep and I was alarmed at the immediate affect of not being able to breathe through my nose as well as the dry mouth. | F | 72 | 1 days 50 mg 1X day | 2/23/2015 | 1 | to help me sleep per my Dr | Horrible!! Within 30 mins, my nasal passages closed up & I struggled to breath! Plus, I didn't fall asleep until I cried myself asleep. I woke by 6am, confused, disoriented & with a debilitating migraine that caused silver flashes within my vision, nausea, illness like feeling, dehydration severely & nonfunctional for the entire day! I regret paying for such an expensive & terrible RX! | Don't take!! | F | 43 | 1 days 100mg | 3/11/2015 | 1 | Antidepressant, sleep | Trazodone (50 mg.) - I took half a tablet (25 mg.) and it caused Cervical Dystonia within a few minutes. It also caused nausea, tiredness and some slight dizziness. I felt some indigestion as well. My breathing felt a little weird as well. This might be due to the anticholinerginic properties of it. | [Note: I only took it one time and stopped it]. Labeler - Teva USA | M | 52 | 1 days 25 MG. 1X day | 5/8/2014 | 1 | Depression, Sleep | I took half a tablet (25 mg.) and it caused Cervical Dystonia within a few minutes. It also caused nausea, tiredness and some slight dizziness. I felt some indigestion as well. My breathing felt a little weird also. This might be due to the anticholinerginic properties of it. | [Note: I only took it one time and stopped it]. Labeler - Teva USA | M | 52 | 1 days 25 MG. 1X day | 5/8/2014 | 1 | insomnia | I guess what i had would be called a paradoxical effect. Four hours later I was wide awake an slightly agitated ( though not a panic attack). The only way I got to sleep ( after taking 1 mg melatonin to add to the Trazadone) was to take 0.5 mg Ativan, which I had successfully tapered from and gotten off 7 weeks earlier. | I know many people who swear by Trazadone. There really are individual differences. I had tried this drug a few years ago ( for 3 weeks with varying doses up to 100 mg) with equally horrible results but thought I'd give it another try. | F | 72 | 1 days 50 mg 1X day | 9/13/2012 | 1 | Sleep Trouble - Wake in 3-4 hrs | Within half hour of taking shortness of breath - like an elephant on my chest. Had to sit up and watch TV for a few hours before I could lay back down and try to sleep | Did not help with terrible side effects. I take no other medications that would have contradicted. | M | 46 | 1 days 100 MG 1X day | 11/30/2010 | 1 | Insomnia | My experience was horrible. It was like the drug took over my body from the neck down, but did nothing to shut my brain off for sleep. I didn't sleep a wink! For a couple of hours after taking it, It was like my body would not breath on it's own. Like I was having to remember to breath in every time. Will never take again. | M | 50 | 1 days 50 1X day | 4/13/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | Five terrifying episodes of sleep paralysis in one night (usually have only one or two a year); extreme anti-cholinergic effects: sinuses dry and blocked and only remedied with neo-synephrine spray, otherwise breathing was impossible; incredible dry throat; thirst; confused and exhausted in the morning; mentally very dulled and slow. All this from one dose of 100mg (generic by Pliva). Lost an entire day waiting for relief from side effects. | A week later I tried taking only 25mg and got more side effects than benefits. No sleep paralysis, but anti-cholinergic effects at lower intensity. Similar mental dullness. In sum, the worst prescription drug experience of my life. | M | 49 | 1 days | 6/8/2006 | 1 | Stress during flight turbulances | I passed out in the flight and the flight had to be aborted. Apparently 3 Drs on board could not locate my pulse and they had revert back to port for EMT. Woke up in ER. Would not recommend this to my worst enemy! | M | 57 | 1 days 50 2X day | 8/16/2012 | 1 | insomnia | I took only once and at first felt groggy. I fell asleep within an hour but kept waking up with severe anxiety. I had really horrible dreams and they seemed to continue even when I woke up, sort of like a half awake half asleep state. Ugh! My insomnia worsened and I had dry eyes,dry throat, stuffy nose and back pain . I finally got out of bed at 4am because I felt so much anxiety, back pain and restlesssness! It was the worst night I've had in ages. | I took 100 mg just one time. Keep in mind that everyone reacts differently. This drug is not for me! | F | 55 | 1 days | 10/9/2008 | 1 | Sleep, ease anxiety | Restless legs, head and eye aches the next day, dry mouth, grogginess, severe nausea. | My doctor prescribed this medication to help me sleep and to hopefully curb my anxiety enough so I would be able to eat well again (my anxiety takes away my appetite and in some cases will not let me eat at all). I took this one night and had the worst side effects of any medicine I've been on--and I've tried a lot. It didn't make me tired, yet the next day I was extremely groggy. I couldn't eat at all since I was so nauseous. I took a small bite of a muffin and had to spit it out because I felt I was going to throw up. I have a headache advil won't cure and my eyes are sore and tired. I constantly feel like I have to use the bathroom and am quite gassy for some reason. I only took it one night, but I'm not trying it again. I can't afford these side effects when I'm already having trouble eating and I have a 3 year old child to take care of. I've been basically bedridden the whole day. | F | 24 | 1 days 60 | 11/17/2015 |